Programs and Collections – Libraries Advancing Community Learning to Reduce Substance Use

General guidelines for programs
Bibliotherapy and reading groups
- avoiding psychological harm (see KD’s bibliotherapy warnings)
General guidelines for collections
Rural & urban examples:
- Read to Recovery – SFPL – https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/01/02/no-questions-asked-addiction-mental-health/
- Plymouth Public Library’s Recovery Corner – https://masslibsystem.org/blog/2025/02/20/plymouthpubliclibraryrecoverycorner/
- Saratoga Springs Public Library’s LibGuide on Recovery & Addiction – https://guides.sspl.org/recoveryresources
- https://georgialibraries.org/library-quilt-tour/
Small steps that graduate to a full program budget, especially if the library (management, board) is resistant